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Table 1 Policy related to tobacco control from 2000 to 2010 in China [n(%)]

From: The growth in newspaper coverage of tobacco control in China, 2000-2010

Policy type

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

Monitoring

2(1.6)

0(0)

1(0.8)

2(1.6)

3(2.4)

3(2.4)

10(7.9)

20(15.9)

24(19.0)

17(13.5)

44(34.9)

126(11.0) *

Protection

7(2.4)

1(0.3)

2(0.7)

6(2.1)

2(0.7)

12(4.2)

11(3.8)

36(12.6)

62(21.7)

55(19.2)

92(32.2)

286(24.9) *

Offering help

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

2(3.7)

1(1.9)

2(3.7)

7(13.0)

6(11.1)

15(27.8)

10(18.5)

11(20.4)

54(4.7) *

Warning

22(7.6)

18(6.2)

15(5.2)

22(7.6)

18(6.2)

24(8.2)

36(12.4)

34(11.7)

37(12.7)

45(15.5)

20(6.9)

291(25.3) *

Enforcement

3(2.9)

6(5.8)

3(2.9)

5(4.8)

5(4.8)

5(4.8)

5(4.8)

11(10.6)

6(5.8)

14(13.5)

41(39.4)

104(9.1) *

Raising taxes

0(0)

1(1.6)

1(1.6)

0(0)

1(1.6)

0(0)

6(9.5)

2(3.2)

14(22.2)

24(38.1)

14(22.2)

63(5.5) *

Youth access, purchase and possession

2(3.0)

1(1.5)

5(7.5)

3(4.5)

7(10.4)

10(14.9)

5(7.5)

9(13.4)

11(16.4)

5(7.5)

9(13.4)

67(5.8) *

Large scale smoke free activity

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(2.3)

0(0)

2(4.7)

9(20.9)

20(46.5)

2(4.7)

9(20.9)

43(3.7) *

Miscellaneous

2(1.7)

3(2.6)

4(3.5)

3(2.6)

2(1.7)

5(4.3)

8(7.0)

18(15.7)

20(17.4)

19(16.5)

31(27.0)

115(10.0) *

Total

38(3.3)

30(2.6)

31(2.7)

43(3.7)

40(3.5)

61(5.3)

90(7.8)

145(12.6)

209(18.2)

191(16.6)

271(23.6)

1149(100) *

  1. *Poisson heterogeneity test p < 0.001